Erik Buell never got a chance to build a proper naked version of his final Buell sportsbike, the 1125R. We’d like to think that if he did, he’d have ditched the bulbous side-mounted radiators and found another way to water-cool his new Rotax engine. Either way, Germany’s Pegasus race team and Gruner Engineering have paired up to build an 1190 Buell superbike racer into the tarmac-ripping streetfighter that could have been. One hundred and eighty-five horsepower, 161kg dry, buck-naked and ready to roar – meet the Typhoon 1190.
The final generation of Buell sportsbikes were a huge leap forward in performance terms, but  … Details
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